Alison Reid joined the business as a director in the banking and finance team, while David McNeice was promoted to director in the construction team.

Andrew Lightburn joined the employment team as a senior associate, while four further associates and nine solicitors have joined the company across its insurance, real estate, construction, litigation and recoveries teams.

The appointments bring DWF’s total workforce in Belfast to 90.

Ken Rutherford, executive partner of DWF’s Belfast office, said: “This has been a year of substantial growth for the Belfast office in terms of attracting new colleagues, and also promoting those from within who have helped to drive our business forward.

“Having such a strong team in place with expertise across all of our key sectors allows us to achieve our purpose of transforming legal services through our people for our clients.”